Anime/Manga/Fanart over other Art?

Manga is great. Photography, I don't see it as that great. Paintings are not so detail, but I do admire the artist. There are lots of drawing out there that are great you know. The people who admire an anime character, like Naruto, admire him because of his personality or something. I never watch Naruto, so I don't know what is special about it. People love manga/anime because of the story as well as the art. You have a cartoon avatar, don't tell me you don't like cartoon drawings. I saw alot of french arts, picasso painting, etc... I am interest in manga and anime more. I don't know why exactly, but I am not the kind that would said "OMG, Goku is so hot. He's just so cute." People have their own opinion. You can't change their taste. Anime is awesome. Other arts doesn't really fall behind that much. It's just that anime are for younger people. Maybe you should ask the older folks, they still like paintings.

Yes i have seen the popularity of anime and manga rise in recent years, but as for comparing it to other art i disagree, I have also seen the fall of art for example so called "modern art" has to be the worst, biggest waste of time ever, give me fan art anyday I personally like to draw and paint, mostly animals but i have recently taken up anime and manga drawing and i find it fun, but just because i do this doesnt mean i cant still appreciate art Also "OMG! SO HOT!" (not really =p)

Ei, first of all I would like to tell you how much you are imposing your standards on others. So what if we like anime and mangas? It's about different people liking different things. I think it's even sad how you look down on us and tell us we are losing our sense of "culture". Anime and mangas are Asian inventions. The photography and paintings you mentioned are more of the Western ones. If I ask you an Asian painter right now, could you think of one and be familiar with his works? Are you even an expert (or at least intimately familiar) on western arts? But on a wider scale, anime and mangas are what our generation understand better now, simply because it is the feature of our episteme. Leonardo and Michaelangelo might have been famous back then, but they no longer relate to us in the same degree as these arts(anime and manga) that you look down to. Why? Because they are already things of the past, and to understand them you would need to delve into history, know the artistic styles and trends, which entails, what? Time, effort and money. And most people don't have them. That's why these arts are very much alive on rich people's homes. Animes and mangas give us more entertainment, we understand them better, they are easier to emulate (all you need is paper and pens, compared to cameras and brush and paints). So please don't tell us that just because we appreciate animes and mangas more than photography and painting (or you can even include sculpturing) then it is "sad" and makes you "sick". Because really, the attitude your showing right now is LESS of an intellectual critic than that of someone flaunting their "cultural expertise", someone who loves to brag. And in this sense, I look down on braggarts like you and say, "You make me sick." Really... How sad.